On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:46 -0500, "Dr Skip" wrote:

> I'm repairing a friend's super-duper mega blender (brand name shall

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> Anyway, I can't get enough info to tell which type I should replace
> with. It seems to not be quite linear, but it jumps around so much and
> never does the same thing twice, so who knows. The question is, are
> there any designs that use or used an audio taper pot for triac (or
> maybe scr) speed control?=20

Lamp dimmers have pots that are their own special taper which is not
linear or audio.

Yours might also be a weird taper.

You might be able to take a linear taper pot and modify its taper with
the addition of a resistor from wiper to one end.

That might get you close to what you need.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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